Definition of Yoke

1.n. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

2.v. t. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.

3.v. i. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

4.n. A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.

5.n. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

6.v. t. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.

7.v. i. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.

8.n. A clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.

Definition of Yoke

1. Verb. To link or to join. ¹

2. Verb. To unite, to connect. ¹

3. Noun. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together. ¹

4. Noun. A pair (of animals, especially oxen). ¹

5. Noun. A frame made to fit the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the frame. ¹

6. Noun. (figuratively) A burden; something which represses or restrains a person. ¹

7. Noun. The part of a shirt that stretches over the shoulders, usually made out of a doubled piece of fabric. Or, a pair of fabric panels on trousers (especially jeans) or a skirt, across the back of the garment below the waistband. ¹

Definition of Yoke

Medical Definition of Yoke

1. The assembly of electromagnetic coils that are placed over the camera tube or the neck of a picture tube or a cathode-ray tube of the magnetic focusing type. The focusing coil in the yoke controls the convergence of the electron beam. The H- and V-deflection coils deflect the electron beam so that it sweeps the target or phosphor in a standard video raster.
(05 Aug 1998)

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